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THE WEATHER
St. Paul and Vicinity—Fair and
warmer.
Minnesota —Fair and warmer to
day; fair tomorrow.
VOL. XXVII.—NO. 280
CONGO OFFICIALS
POISON ITALIAN
AGENT OF GOVERNMENT
MAKES GRAVE CHARGE
Capt. Bacarri, Who Was Sent to the
Congo to Study the Country, Says
He Escaped Death Only Because
He Was a Doctor and Could Treat
Himself—Attempt Is Made to Arrest
Him as a Lunatic
ROME, Oct. 5. —Capt. Ba^arri, who
was sent by the Italian government to
the Congo sixteen months ago to study
the country with a view to the possible
settlement of Italians there, has re
turned to Rome with a remarkable
gtory of his treatment by the author
ities of the independent state.
The captain asserts that no sooner
DUNN GETS A FROST
Winona Republicans Snub Him
in Sensational Manner
Special to The Globe
WINONA, Minn., Oct. 5.—"80b"
Dunn, Republican candidate for gov
ernor, has reason to believe that Wi
nona is located near the north pole.
The large, enthusiastic audience which
gathered in the opera house last even
ing to listen to Speaker Joseph G. Can
non and Congressman J. Adam Bede
gave Mr. Dunn the hardest kind of a
marble heart. The cold, bleak recep-
Lenaereci that gentleman produced
a frost of such magnitude that even
the astute umbrella fighter from
Princeton wilted and made a .sorry
spectacle of himself.
An ovation was tendered Mr. Cannon
when his remarks were finished.
When the applause died away James
A. Tawney introduced Robert C. Dunn
as "the next governor of Minnesota."
The expected hand clapping explosion
failed to follow the Introduction. Then
Mr. Dunn arose, made a characteristic
bow and paused for the applause which
is supposed to come forward at such
a moment. The great Republican au
dience looked at Mr. Dunn and Mr.
Dunn looked beseechingly at the audi
ence—and silence reigned supreme.
The, nerve of the Princeton man was
fast ebbing away. He looked very
much as if he should like to hit some
one over the head with an umbrella.
He hemmed a little and hawed more,
knocked over a glass of water on the
speaker's stand and dropped his
glasses in the cut glass pitcber. Then
Mr. Tawney clapped his hands and a
ripple of applause, about the size of
a small paper bag resulted.
Mr. Dunn then tried to thank the
Winona county delegates to the state
convention for their "loyal" support,
but so many persons were leaving the
hail that his remarks were, in a great
measure, unintelligible. He endeav
ored to hold the crowd promising not
to speak over six minutes. When he
bes-an to abuse the record of John A.
Johnson in the state senate, branding
him an enemy of the old soldiers and
guilty of official conduct directly in
opposition to the boys in blue, fully
fifteen of the prominent Republicans
seated on the stage back of the
speaker arose in a body and marched
indignantly. by Mr. Dunn out of the
hall.
Mr. Dunn filially sat down, much to
the relief of his hearers. The cool re
ception tendered the Republican can
didate has produced a genuine sensa
tion. The indications now are that the
Johnson meeting hore Tuesday even
ing will tax the capacity of the Phil
haiiiionii- hull.
HAS PAYNE'S PLACE
Robert J.Wynne Becomes Act
ing Postmaster Genera!
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. — President
Roosevelt today designated *. First •'Assist-"
nnt Postmaster General Robert .1. -Wynne
as acting postmaster genera,!.; • Under the
law the designation may be for only thirty
days. While Mr. Wynne; will { act under
the designation as postmaster- general, he
•will not have a seat in the cabinet, as
\voiild a regularly appointed head of an.
. executive department. ': :..-■. . . -;/^^
Mr. Wynno '.will continue to act until
Thursday.** Nov. 3. Under the;law' it will
be necessary; for th? president, wJthir. the
next 'thirty days tc appoint a postmaster
eene»^l in succession ■- to • Mr. Wynne, . as'
the acting»head of the department. It is
well understood | that George B. | Cortelyou
is to-be appointed postmaster general, but
It is understood; to be 'tlie president's de
dlre not to app"bint him until after the
c!oseiof the campaign. As the period for
; which Mr. Wynne may. act,will | expire. five
days. before: the election, the probabilities
are that /jlhe president will_; appoint as
postmaster 'generaL: somebody who will
\old th c■. office • v til Mr." Cortelyou * may
a.-*.. Miie the* duties of the office. 5; If ♦ this
plan should 'be j followed it is-; quite likely,
the president >_ may appoint Mr. i", Wynne
with the understanding that; he will re
. Bume his'posltion'as::flrst*assistant"wheii,
ilr.: Cortc!y?u • sxiair.be* appointed. 4?:"-;^
THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC DAILY NEWSPAPER *F GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE NORTHWEST
THE BT. PAUL GLOBE
had he arrived in the Congo country
than he was poisoned at the instigation
of officials and escaped death only be
cause, being a physician, he was able
to treat himself. Subsequently, Bacarri
stated, the governor general endeavor
ed to have him taken up as a lunatic.
Before leaving Bacarri states he en
tered suit against the governor general
for both alleged crimes.
CLUB MEN ARE SUED
Frank De Peyster Hall Says
They Slandered Him
Special to The Globe
NEW YORK, Oct. s.—Alfred H. Bond,
president of the Calumet club, and
George A. Carmaek, secretary of the
New York Yacht club, have each been
sued for $50,000 damages by Frank
De Peyster Hall. In an action for
slander instituted in the Supreme and
city courts, it is claimed by Hall, that
Bond and Carmaek, in conversation
with others, accused him of disgraceful
practices while he was a member of
the Calumet club, and as a result he
has suffered ostracism both socially and
in business circles.
Bond and Carmaek do not deny that
they made the remarks attributed to
them, but plead justification on the
ground that not only were the charges
true, but the conversations in which
they were repeated were privileged
communications. Hall denies the truth
of the charges. An application made
today«by Hall to compel Bond to fur
nish Hall with a bill of particulars was
decided in his favor by Justice Leven
tritt, thus rendering necessary the fil
ing of all the papers in the case. Some
sensational disclosures are expected.
NERVE OF TRAINMEN
SAVES MUCH PROPERTY
CONNELLSViLIe, Pa., Oct. 5.—
Only I for the . extreme nerve of Engi
neer . McFee and j Brakeman" Keiffer, of
the Baltimore : & Ohio, in extinguishing
a blaze the end of a car loaded with
10,000 pounds of dynamite in the Bal
timore & Ohio yards /early today it is
probable that the whole . east end of:
the yards, ; including ..shops, round
house : and thousands of " cars, would 1
have' been ■ completely wrecked. :- : The
car had/ been in the " j yards V. only 4 a
short time when one- end was discov
ered on fire. Trainmen, v seeing the
large sign "danger"" on the door, fled
in all directions. ■;
Thereupon Engineer McFee and
rakeman ; Keiffer uncoupled their en
gine from its train and , made" a flying
run to the burning car. With ; buckets
the fire was put out, : but not ' before |it
had eaten its way almost to the ex
"plosive. The act .of the trainmen \is
described as being one of ;; the bravest
ever - performed v. on the ■ • Baltimore ? &
. Ohio road. Both men were highly com-,
plimented by the local officials of the
road. ";-;" .-■;...:."-. ; ■'..-.' ;.:-.■:.'■
f THE NEWS INDEXED
vu ——— ■ —.:;;". _ • - •-.•"•"-•»
PAGE I
Italian Government Agent Poisoned in
-.;'the:Cbngo-M::.-:r.",:- .v -;,-...:.:_;■...,_'■-;.
Supposed : Murderer of Sheriff V Harris
in Custody V v, ;7. : -." ;
Naval Fight Reported at Port Arthur .
Wisconsin Supreme Court Decides for
La Follette
Alleged Lottery Swindle 5 '-r-\l' -c *'
Autonomy Northwest Territories
." : :- /: :; :: ; PAGE il^; ■-!:■.£
Telephone Company ; Presents : Its Case
State Board Raise Realty Valuations v;
James Cleary :Is Dead " ij^. -' C' ; ":}•
■_. PAGE ;ni':^. ii .,/;:"^K t
Minneapolis Matters^j"!'.^--''-1,-I*'.
PAGE IV*
Editorial : Comment .^- V-t- 5- " ■
News of the Northwest -y. :^y\:.
PAGE V
In the Sporting World
PAGE Vf
Of - Interest to Women
PAGE VII
News of the Railroads ~
PAGE VIII
Popular Wants .; ;? '■> ~~>?-'" -:; \:
' ; PAGE IX •;^:| n
Finsncici and Commercial ii': *.";. '(!-'•'■'• ')■',
/-■«■ •':-::.- - .:-.-■" - PAGEOC-'^L- 4".'"'
Politics r- - -'-:-^ ■/_■ ~-y. ;.;>iif~y,-.-'VV-4- ;",;:V?^-^
Fusion Petition Arg"uedr;-iti^'Suprcrne
'"'■'Cowrty^B^S^: . - ■:■;■"-'
Voters ? Flock to Johnson's Standard
Cfiinty; Auditor; Quiet "• Before Election
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT )BER 6, 1904—TEN PAGES
MAN WHO KILLED SHERIFF HARRIS
FINALLY CAPTURED IN WISCONSIN
Sheriff Raasbach and Deputy, of Barron County, Meet Him on a Country Road
and Entice Him Into Their Wagon—Declares His Name Is Not Smith
but Gearey—Hunted for Three Months, He Is Demented
■ ■■• i~ ---v-- .— -■• i — t:- -— -J.r' :•-..-.-;-:■;.■■■■. -j'jr-.uxTaiPfH,
HAROLD O. HARRIS
Sheriff of St. Croix County, Wis., Who
Was Murdered Three Months Ago
John Smith, who is wanted for mur
der in two states, and on whose head a
bounty of $1,000 has been placed, has
been captured, after having been hunt
ed by dogs and men for three months,
driving him to desperation and insan
ity.
At least so says Sheriff T. A. Walby,
of St. Croix county, Wis., in whose
county the murder of Sheriff Harold O.
Harris, for which Smith is wanted, oc-
U FOLLETTE WINS
IN SUPREME COURT
Highest Wisconsin Tribunal
Decides—Cook Will Now
Withdraw
jMADISON, Wis., Oct. s.—The su
preme court today decided that the
La FolMte ticket is regular. Three
judges—Marshall, Dodge and Winslow
—were, for the La Follette faction,
while Chief Justice Cigaoday dissents.
After setting forth the facts alleged in
the complaint and answer filed, the de
cision continues:
1. The controversy shown to exist by
the foregoing sufficiently concerns the
prerogatives of the state and affects the
liberties of the people to be within the
original jurisdiction of this court.
2. Such controversy is of so grave a
character and of such public importance
as to warrant this court in exercising its
original jurisdiction to determine the
right of the matter, so far as the door
is open for it to do so.
3. Since the question presented mere
ly involves the duty of the secretary of
state in the performance of an act ex
pressly enjoined by law, it is a judicial
one.
4. For the present case, the time not
having arrived when the secretary of
state is required to make certification of
nominations, by general rule, there is no
remedy at law by mandamus; hence ac
tion, if maintainable at all, is properly
brought in equity, if the legislature has
not furnished another and exclusive
remedy.
5. The legislature intended to provide
for the settlement out of court of all
questions between the factions of a party -
concerning the right to the party name
upon the official ballot, by section 35,
Wisconsin Statutes, in these words:
"In case of a division in any political
party, and a claim by two or more fac
tions thereof to the same party name,
the officer with whom the certificates of
nomination are required to be filed
shall, in certifying .such nomination
or preparing ballots, give preference
Continued on Seventh Page
. ' ~~ '^Ss=V^f«-'>««X__
curred. ; Accordh* to j RherigT. Walby
Smith was captiy<pd last
near Barronette, Wis., and lias been
in close confinement evei sinjge. but or
"various reasons the infornwipn was
suppressed, until chance^remark at
dressed by Gov. Van Sant to Sheriff
Walby at the capltol yesterday, where
Walby had gone to sequre a requisition
for another prisoner;: revealed the cap
ture. ''""-^ :_{•. -':'■' "~'?X:- Vi.'':iP'■'S''. ItS:)"yrv^^
The man now under arrest who an- 1
swers the description of : the wanted
man ;• in every '■, particular, was appre
hended ■ last Thursday near Barronette,
Barron county, Wis., by Sheriff John
TM. Kaasbach, with the assistance of ; a
deputy. : The sheriff his : deputy
while out hunting were traveling along
a road -through; a dense wood near Bar
ronette in a two seated wagon, when
they were suddenly halted by a wild
eyed man clad in tattered'l; r garments
and carrying Ta rifle with which -he
. commanded ; them to halt. They did so,
i and after ; alighting ;at j tlie command 'of
the man, their weapons 'were takep
from them. :.-T.*'.• '.'.;'■■■'.-''' :si.i-'V^^'
•"I know you," said the : man. "You're
, the ;■ sheriff, : and you're looking for me.
You've found me, 1 'how what are I you .
going to do ' about : it." '• The i man was
Smith.
, The sheriff and his deputy were non- ■
plused, but;the'. former retained 1, hia
Wtts.- . *,
Sheriff Gels Foxy
"My dear sir," . he said, • "I assure you
that you have made a grievous mis
take. I: am )not• the sheriff, and thank
God just now that 'I; am not. "I am
merely an r- ordinary hunter in : search -■
UURIER PROMISES
TO GRANT AUTONOMY
this Awaitsthe North^cstTcr
f;■ ritories If Electors Sustain :
His Government :v ',
OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. $.—Sir Wil
frid Laurler, writing 1 to Premier Paul
»tain, of the NorthwesU territories, says
that aftot the. general* elections, jif: his
gover^mpnjNa? sustained, he will grant
provmciaif autonomy vo the Northwest -
territories. ■;-'.,^;|/""--:' : r- "■■'" '
MME MINISTER
_ DEFIES THE KAISER
Government of Lippe Principality
Threatens to Use F»rce
BERLIN, Oct. s.—lnterest In the
controversy over the succe3Bion to the
regency of the principality of Lippe,
which promises to develop burlesque
features, was enhanced toy the proceed
ings today at the opening of the Lippe
diet, when Herr Gott, prime minister of
the principality, "hurled defiance at
the forces trying to overturn the pres
ent order." He pronounced Emperor
William's refusal to recognize Prince
Leopold as regent to be without bind
ing weight and said that force alone
should compel the government to re
cede from the law of 1898 fixing the
succession in the present line. The
government, the premier continued,
would never permit infringement upon
the autonomy of the principality.
Relic of Haydn Is Found NEW yoRKt Qct g _ Jt became ,'
BERLIN, Oct. 5.—A three act comic known tO ti ay that Alonzo J. Whiteman,
opera, "Knight Roland," by Haydn, has tne alleged check forger, who escaped
been discovered in the Palm Garden f rom detectives by jumping from a
library at Frankfort-on-the-Main. On- moving train on Thursday, sailed for
ty the overture was found in orebestra Europe Saturday on the steamer
score. The rest is 1b piano aecompan- Noordland. Detectives will on hand to
iment. meet him at Liverpool.
"Help! Clajpp Is in Danger"
BBBftv - 45i^*ij" ;i ]^3y^^^8^^ S*ii-/?-'
JOHN SMITH
Man Charged With Murder of Sheriff
Harris, of St. Croix County, Wis.,
Is Captured
of. game, not a man-hunter. I trust
that you will do nothing rash."
Coiuinued on Third Page
LOTTERY 18 SAID
TO BE A SWINDLE
Alleged Panama Concern's 6f-
fleers In Chicago Will Be
Arrested
Special to The Globe
NEWPORT NEWS, W. Va., Oct. 5.—
Taking up a clew in this city a week
ago, seeref service men have traced to
Chicago ttje promoters of the/Panama
Lottery company," whiciT they say is
a huge swindle. The company is be-<
lieved to have taken in more than a
million dollars since it was organized
a year ago.
Hundreds of towng and cities are
now flooded with tickets, ranging Jn
selling price from 25 cents to $1. These
tickets are represented to be certifi
cates entitling the holder to chances on
cash prizes ranging from $100 to $3,000,
and monthly drawings are represented
as being conducted by the Panama
government.
An agent of the bureau located the
distributing office of the lottery in Chi
cago and the arrest of the promoters Is
expected. Drawings, it ia charged,
have never been held.
ALONZO WHITEMAN
SAILS FOR EUROPE
Detectives Will Be on Hand When He
Reaches Liverpool
PRICE TWO CENTS ?iV?*<!ftm>
BATTLE BETWEEN
FLEETS REPORTED
RUSSIAN SHIPS SORTIE AT
PORT ARTHUR
Brisk Engagement Is Said to Be in
Progress—Japanese Troops Attack
the Forts With Fanatical Valor and
Are Shot Down in Masses—Then
They Treat the Russians Likewise
"It is reported that the Russian squadron made a sortie
curbed??''' A"thUr tO<Say and that a ««»* navlf bauie oo!
port^onfa^outT' * "° °°"«"™"°" »f this re
•--./.-.:.• ;: - .■■- ~ : MUTUAL SLAUGHTER: . - •
24 I5 et>I el TegraPh' S ChifU corres P°ndent says that on Sept.,
24-2S the Japanese made repeated t and recklessly brave at- :
tempts to capture High hill at Port Arthur. Owing to the
destruction of earthworks their advance was coxTplSelv un :
protected and under the rays of the searchlight th Russian
machine swept them down in masses - -?: :
"More troops, however, came on with fanatical : bravery,'* ::
TnJ? Vr SP°Zi ent addS ' "lea Pin over the bodies of their dead
BortS %i Then^the emboldened by their success,
sortied. The : Japanese replied with machine guns. It was
: the first time the Japanese had been able to entice the Rus
sians from their shelters and they worked terrible havoc
T^°?!V^? m" ThG SC€ne the neXt appalling.
The : hillside : strewn with mingled Russian and Japanese
bodies. Boulders were trickling with blood."I -; ;;
: KUROPATKIN GETTING MAD \-"'.
iur B^RLIN, Oct. 4.—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from '
Mukden says:
I - "Gen. Kuropatkin has expressed a firm determination to
avail himself of this favorable season of the year for military::
action. Everything points to a coming revenge for Liau
yang. • The officers andmen hope; that the period of retreats is
past and that they will be led against the enemy. The Japa
nese undoubtedly intended Sept. 27 to attack in three col
umns from the collieries at Yantai, along the imperial road,
, : but desisted when they discovered that the Russians front-;
ing them numbered 60,000 men."H^^v^.: :""^^ ;y L rr^/' 'H ' - '
; The correspondent gives Va-- summary of the ostensible
strength of the " opposing Japanese armies, which, according
to hia calculations, total 144,000 infantry, cavalry and
648 guns. '■'_:-':"'.■: -.-■ •■■■."*"-".r-V^V^.:-\ ';■.■:^r~\;:\-^ - r . ■ .- - f;> ■._■■:.;•
. '•••^■ t; ,■;•;-,-: •; > VALOR ILLY REWARDED >■- '
: : ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. : 3.—Emperor Nicholas'has at last
received Gen. Stoessel's official report of the desperate four :
days' assault of the besiegers upon Port Arthur from Sept. 17
to Sept. 28, from which it appears that the unofficial ; report '
from Chifu was by no means exaggerated. The Japanese
displayed frenzied bravery, but they lost 10,000 men and their :
only • success was .the capture of two redoubts guarding the
water works. :-:-";-- '^'' }'r~'.'''''--- '•■-.-•- /V-- 2 "'^:'-; v^! '.;: ■^•:vr::'-/ ■-: ■ : '
■;•■ '~;'i- JAPS RECRUIT CHINESE
■■■■-- ■ A dispatch from Mukden says: i; '■''" •>: ; '•?
"A regular recruiting service has been formed by the Japa
nese army, enlisting what is known as the Chinese volunteer
militia. The Japanese are assisted in this work by Lin See, a
prince of the Chinese : imperial household." ' :^##
MAYOR USES BOOT
Discharges Park and Civil Serv
ice Commissioners
NEW YORK, Oct. s.—William P.
Schmitt, commissioner of parks for the
borough of the Bronx of Greater New
York, and the five members of the civil
service commission, were summarily re
moved from office today by Mayor Mc-
Clellan. The removal was made after
an investigation of charges laid before
the mayor by* the Civil Service Reform
association.
The charges allege that Schmitt ex
ploited positions in his department for
political purposes by discharging cer
tain employes and employing others in
violation of the civil service rules, "with
the co-operation of the civil service
commission." The men removed, be
sides Schmitt, are John H. McCooey,
president of the board, and his col
leagues, Jerome Siegel, Eugene F.
O'Connor and E. A. Crowninshield. Hal
Bell, the other member of the board,
had already resigned.
The appointment of a new board was
announced, with Bird S. Coler, former
comptroller, as president. In appoint
ing the new board, Mayor McClellan
exercised the discretion permitted by
the- charter and reduced the number of
the commission to three. Mr. Coler's
colleagues are Alfred Talley, a lawyer,
and Ross Appleton, of Brooklyn. The
president of the board is the ouly sal
aried member and receives ?6,000 per
year.
MANY THOUSANDS OF
BRITONS ARE STARVING
Depression in Cotton Industry and
Hard Times Generally Bear Sad Fruit
LONDON, Oct. 5. —At a meeting of
the Manchester city council today it
was announced that owing to the hard
times and depression in the cotton in
dustries between 40,000 and 50,000 peo
ple in the poorer parts of the city were
practically on the verge of starvation.
Similar conditions prevail in. London
and other large cities of the United
Kingdom, where the winter is expected
to be one of the hardest in many years
-for the poorer classes.
READ THE GLOBE
THE ONLY LIVE NEWSPAPER
IN ST. PAUL
FOOLS NOT A VOTER
Senator Nelson's Seat Is Not In
Danger From Democracy
The St. Paul newspaper organ of Mr.
Dunn, in an article written for a pur
pose, attempts to throw a scare into
Republicans ove* a possibility of de
feat for Senator Knute Nelson two
years ago.
;::. John : Lind is used as the bugaboo ■to '
frighten the friends of SenatorJ Nelson
; into I votingfor ; R. ;•' C. ■ Dunn .'for gov- -■'■
ernor. : ': ;:.:;; : ~-;: ...-. ■'■:_ '■■■y^&?i
"The attempt of the St. Paul paper to '
raise an , issue of „ Senator I Nelson's re-'.-;"
election two years hence will fool no
bod}'," L. A. Rosingr7said, yesterday at
the • Democratic headquarters. \% - .
'. ; * "There are • but forty-one Democratic
candidates for the legislature this year, -'
and if should succeed in ; electing: %
every, one of them, we would even then '"•:
have only a respectable Democratic mi- \-\
; nority in the iegi slature' to see that > the %
Republican majority does not run away"
with the stg.te. There ;is no ■• danger to :
Senator Clapp from the Democrats this
year and little danger to Senator Nel
son two years from now. -:.
"The article was a very thinly- veiled
■ attempt to :-\ tie -^Mn 7. Dunn to ' Senator
; Nelson's ; coat tails for ■ the : purpose ; of' •,.
securing votes for trie .* former ►in V this:.
campaign. Senator Nelson's personal
* strength is £ relied on to pull Dunn
'through for governor." ;, ; .:' . /''. .'i' ■
• • C6ngrV'ssman|Lind; who is '- billed to ;'
speak in the First ward, St. ; Paul, Oct.
17, is expected to have something to
say on his own Jaccount as to ; any I po
«litical -• ambitions'; that :he ; may -j have.
Congressman Lind has repeatedly, dur
ing the past r four months, declared that
he lls out •of politics and would t acce.pt '^
no office, either appointive or elective.
•;X.^Settled i out;6f Court : -. :;
The suits of Katherlne P. Steele,
John A. Steele, Martha J. Patten and
Rudolph Tischler against the city rail
way company were yesterday dismissed
in the district cburtrV "Plaintiffs'.* sued :-■.
for personal injuries and settled with ..
the company before the cases were
called* .The amounts paid wer« not
si^t- j in the stipulated disiiiisoala.